3 spouted mid cent ceramic vase- help id

[sonomabarn67]

Aprox 16" tall with 3 spouts and says RP38 on base. Matte brown. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[gracieallen01]

How about a candlestick or flower holder?

[sonomabarn67]

Thanks, good suggestions. I think vase for those 60's thin dyed weed-type flowers. What I'm really going after is the maker which should be a direct path to the exact function.

[gracieallen01]

In looking for maker, unless the reference to RP38 pans out, I have a feeling that unless someone that has one speaks up or you can find a picture of it, you may be in for a long haul.  The glaze is nice, but I think it is going to fall under the 'decorative' heading, and perhaps not that old.  It isn't something that is really useful, just decorative - how would one clean the inside if water were used for flowers?

Hehehe, I wonder if you have it pictured upside down and it is really a stand for something more?

[Anonymous]

Try keyword ikebana.

[argon38]

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@gracieallen01 wrote:

how would one clean the inside if water were used for flowers?

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Good point. For what it's worth (= nothing), my first thought on seeing the photos was also a candle holder.

[argon38]

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@argon38 wrote:

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@gracieallen01 wrote:

how would one clean the inside if water were used for flowers?

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Good point. For what it's worth (= nothing), my first thought on seeing the photos was also a candle holder.

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Although the wax would drip all over the place, so who knows.

[art.pottery]

How tall?

[sonomabarn67]

Still aprox 16" tall and the vase is hollow. There was a type of vase from the 60s that held dried and dyed tiny flowers with long stems. The real question is who the maker was.

[argon38]

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@sonomabarn67 wrote:

There was a type of vase from the 60s that held dried and dyed tiny flowers with long stems.

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I know exactly what you mean, but wouldn't the curvature of this risk breaking/damaging the long rigid dried stems?

[sonomabarn67]

An inherent risk when leading an artful life using such weeds as decoration,  I'm afraid. I'm remembering them flexing.

[argon38]

I'm just thinking it doesn't seem a great design, if that's what it's for. Pieces would be snapping left, right and centre and it would be difficult to angle them properly. But I agree that it would have to be for dried flowers, if it's for flowers at all.

[maxine*j]

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@argon38 wrote:

I'm just thinking it doesn't seem a great design, if that's what it's for...

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True, but way too much artsy pottery, factory and studio, is ill-designed for its purpose. 

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[argon38]

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@maxine*j wrote:

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@argon38 wrote:

I'm just thinking it doesn't seem a great design, if that's what it's for...

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True, but way too much artsy pottery, factory and studio, is ill-designed for its purpose. 

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Yep, but I still feel it might  be a candle holder. Perhaps it had small inserts to hold the candles and catch the wax.

[sonomabarn67]

But who made it?